Telephone attachment.



E. HARTER.

TELEPHONE ATTACHMENT. APPLICATION. EILED, JUNI- 27. 1917.

1,291,499, Patented 9m. 14, 19m.

bermen eiieffiee @Remi-W" oeieioee EDWARD METER, oF oixoneo, LLiNoI's.

'TE-LisPiieNE ATTACHMENT.

eerbied Application' nice' Junge?. i917. serial no. 177,374.

zen of the United Stetesrresiding rut Ghiiss .I ments, of which the"fiilovdingA is caigo7 'in the eount'y of Cook end Stute oi" Ailnois, heve1invente leertan new and usefui Improvements in- Telephone 'Attiicllf ejspecimition.

f 'hie invention relates .to a directory and re'edy direetoryfoi e telephone which `:is designed ozbe applied to the transmitter near the bese Wheret celibe referred' toehonee when the nunibfer'of the subscriber is wanted' .':i'nd`-whieh will be out of the wey wheirusing the instiuuent; 1

J a directory .for telephones Whieh can be furnished eneeplyendse've as advertising niezinefor vegieus business eoncei'nsy;the direetoiybeing' readily appliedto the bottonrof a' telephone stand and, lying-adjacent usino 4readily renewed'whenhver. desired..

the baise thereoiisbut of' the 'Way when the telephone, 1s in eesyreeehwhen e number isto be found, and which-may be fvide'zi telephone direeto'yfthe Support for which eut'from sheet metal 'and pressed into shape lor attachment 't'olzntelephond' transmitter, und'fbrovided with oleane for holding n, plu'ieiity 'of .indexed sheetS of peper properly ruled and divided into eol` umns for :the names-of subieribers alphubert-i` 'eullgrmrengedtheir various exchanges, and

n thereon, 1g; 2 is a top'pizin view or' theeupport` plate. for' the-Indexed sheet secured to l telephone transmitter Standard, the lab i being shown in eross' sect1' on .on the lines .isfefperepeoive View of. theind'eriedf y @porting plate removed *fromY the' www@ 1 i ed eiiee'e.'

fio' the driiif transmitter such as is inl common` use utthe' presentduy, L being the standard and b the bese. Moinited upon the standard L just above the base b et'one Side'o the-Standard isjwsupporting plate o1" Liebl'el() mede pre-fl erebly sheet .metal ilndrreetmngulur orV squerein outline-the 'greatest dimensionof the plate being preferably slightly lees than the di'ame'terof the base b'., At one edge oi' .the plate '1 0 are 'twournis 1 1-u'nd 12 integral with theplate end. oo eh twis'ted upon'itself- .at 13 'Ato-lie atwise-uguinst1the telephone' standerd @fthe-amis bein' eiirved u t 14 .to

einbruee the standard a un at their extrelnities, these arms a'iebent tof lie, substgmtlully. 'parallel as shownat 15 and perforated :1t 16 for e bolt 17 that extends through the hole 16 imdb)1 meenlsof u nut 18 on Said bolt,the arms' are caused togiipthe telephone stand- :u'd a .ond hold the plete 'in my position de -sred 'in the length'of the'stundeidf The most convenientzmd suitable piece, however,

'damped to they -join the plate 10 so that said platewill for the plate 10 is atfthe bottom of the standiard a; the' arms .11 an'dr12 beim;

Sid'standurd Where.' it joine'tiie huse 5,11, slight bend being given thetwoarl'ns Where lient un angieor inclination' to the support on which the transmitteris plaed, thereby bringing the upper surface of said plate sind fthe? indexed Sheets 2O thereon in convenient' position to have their contents reed.

The plate l'forms u .support for :i p'iumlity of indexed sheets 2O which maybe of paper, eelluloid oi; other material suitabiefertile purpose 4und euch having :m 'indexed mi) 21 upon which is placedthe first.le'tter 0f the surnameofsuehnumes :1S are written' or printed upon the sheetS-QU.- At the top of euch `sheet. 20 near the rorneis ure two perform-ions 22 by ineunel of which thesheets 20 are Secured to the' pluto 'For this purpose, Suidpizite hes two tongues punehed from the upper'edgie on euch side of the :mns 11 and 12.111151.. bent upwurdly and rear wuz-diy to form two curved hooks 23 ivhieh open' rearwardly :1nd sufheient'ly above the top' of. the 'pluie .l0 lo permit u 'huneh'of Sheets dsuiiieient for ordinary purposes-to be threaded on the .hooks und ulsorem'oved therefrom when desired.

ihe perfor-ethnie 22 4ure sufiiriently large to peI'mitthe sheet@ to beswui'ig upwardly.with perfo-rl'. 'freedom 'woeste' rest :rgumst the Standard (z when' 1i',

is desired to referto an under sheet. @The ltub21 on each sheet @die odset from thel sheet above :und below in the usuel manner so that the letters on all the tubs are visible and preferably eech sheet is provided with horizontal rulings 24 and divided into eolninns by spaced lines 25 and 26, thus dividing each sheet into spaces for neme o the subsorilier,'the exchange and the-number of y the telephone, es indicated by the headings in Fig. 4.

To lessen the cost of manufacture so that these `directories may be given away to the telephone subscribers, it is designed to print on the opposite beck or' each sheet 10 an ad- Vrertisement which will be displeyedivhenever the sheets are turned` up in order lto exposenames on the sheet below. The face of each sheet may also have an advertisement et the bottom and e cover sheet (not shown) over# lying the sheets 20' muy also be used for advertising` purposes, both inside und outsidebeing employed.

in using this directory after inountingthe Aplate l0 upon the transmitter A. and placing the sheets 20 infposition on the plete 1G, such names es e subscriber refers to more. or less often are written upon the sheets 20 under the proper index, letter es, forv in# stence, Adams Vwould be Written, es shown in Fig. 4, on the' sheet with the Aftele 2l.

ieeifiee 'e rectangular 'plate oia sheet metal, a pair of arms integral with seid plete projecting irom one edge 'thuereoi1 end eurvedf in oppor site directions to closely embrace the stend-` eid of e transmitter, 'the ierrninel ends of seid eri'ns being bent in pereiei-reletion, e.

thumb screw connecting; seid terminal ends and adapted to bind the erm to the treesnntter standard end e pair or rearwardly turned hooks at the npperedge or' the sup-` porting plate sind integral therewith for holding a peek of Writing sheets upon the plete.

vin testimony whereof I( my signature in presence or' two Witnesses.

EDWARD HARTER.

Witnesses D. Bormes., E. J, Hmmm. 

